“I got the
bill for my surgery. Now I know what those doctors were wearing masks for.”
~James H. Boren
My last
post was about Randy’s health. We found out that he is in the beginning stages
of both kidney disease and diabetes, but they can both be reversed with diet.
He has lost 20 pounds so far and walks on the treadmill 45-60 minutes 5 days a
week. His neuropathy (where it feels like pins and needles are sticking in his
feet) is still bothering him especially at night, so he built a footboard for
our bed because he has found that if he has something to push against, he gets
relief. Then he can fall asleep.
I finally
got tired of the pain in my right hip. I can’t run, and walking hurts if I go
very far. It even hurts to walk through a grocery store. So, after x-rays and
an MRI, it was decided that I had a small bone growth on my femoral head (the
ball part of the hip bone in the socket). The doctor said that it had probably
been that way for 40 years, but I am just noticing it now because of my age.
Not that I’m OLD – but I’m not a spring chicken anymore, either!
My younger
sister, Wendy, flew in from California on Friday evening and was here to make
meals, get my mom her meals, drive my oldest sister to and from work, take that
sister to the bank and store, and get me whatever I needed. Her help was
invaluable and I will forever be indebted to her!
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| Wendy |
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| Becky |
One other
sister, Becky, was here for awhile on Saturday from Las Vegas and made several
meals that she put in the freezer for us to use in the next week or so. I had
also put up about a week and a half worth of meals so that I wouldn’t have to
cook for awhile.
So, last
Friday morning the doctor went into my hip joint using a small camera through
one incision (arthroscopy) and small tools through another incision, cleaned up
torn labrum, took off a few bone spurs, and shaved off a small part of my bone.
I never did have any swelling at the site of the two incisions, but just a
little bruising the 5th day after surgery. I only had to take pain
pills for 3 days and ibuprofen for a day or so after that. I feel really lucky
on both points. I got tired of using crutches after a few days, but the doctor
had said that I would need to use them for 3 weeks. When I saw the doctor 6
days after surgery, everything looked great, but he still said that he wanted
me to use crutches for a couple of more weeks. It’s an insurance-thing, I
think. Yuk.
Anyway,
Randy and I are on the mend and we are looking forward to being 100% again.
“Never
go to a doctor whose office plants have died” ~ Erma Bombeck
